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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone gets knocked down a tier. When UW 4.0/35+ACTgreat ACTs are getting denied and deferred EA/ED they start applying to more schools T30-65.

Now kids that normally would get in those schools are getting knocked down a tier and so and so on.

You can’t blame the high stats kids for getting shut out of top schools and reaching down.  Don’t hate the player, hate the game.[/quote]

If you curate a good list of reaches, targets and true safeties/likelies, then you do not need to apply to 20+ schools.  Just because you have high stats does not mean you should apply to 7-10 T25 schools.  Search to find the 3-5 that are an excellent fit, then find 3-5 targets and another 3-5 safeties.  That's 9-15 schools at most.  Then show demonstrated interest at all of them, but especially your targets and safeties.  If you do it correctly, you should get into at least 50% of your targets and 75-100% of your safeties.

My own 1500/3.99UW/9APs/Good EC but not stupendous had it go this way:

ED1 T10, deferred and ultimately rejected (acceptance rate less than 7%)
T30--WL (single digit acceptance rates)
3 T30-50 Accepted 
1 T60 Accepted, but go abroad for first year (single digit acceptance rates)
1 T70 Accepted with excellent merit (30% of total costs/year)---Top Safety
Accepted at the other 3 safeties as well

So as my kid says, they were only rejected from 1 school outright.  
They are at one of the T30-50 schools, of course the one without any merit, but the one I knew was probably the best fit for my kid from the moment they set foot on campus.  Each visit they just lit up and you could see the excitement.  So this was actually a better place then their 3 reaches.
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Your advice is outdated. Things are diff this year.

Glad it worked out IN THE PAST[/quote]

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